The despot lord of Reggio,

Had set our country-side on flame

With the binning torch of her beauty's fame,

And a deadman's hate of her deadly name.

For she had gazed with cold gray eyes

On Rufo—he now starkly lies

Deep in a sculptured sepulchre,

Smitten with death through love of her.

Rufo, the heir of Ugo Count

Qf Rimini and vast amount